About Face

Published on the occasion of the exhibitionABOUT FACE
May 15, 2012 – February 28, 2013
Texts by Philip Gefter, Sandra S. Phillips, and Ulrike Schneider

174 pages | 137 images | 9.5 x 12 in. | Hardcover | 978-0-9839917-2-4

Edition of 1000
Pier 24 Photography, 2014

This exhibition catalog expands upon our gallery guide with original essays by author Philip Gefter, Sandra S. Phillips, senior curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Ulrike Schneider, director of fine arts Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung.

About Face, focuses on the tradition of portrait-based photography. Nearly thousand photographs drawn primarily from the Pilara Foundation’s permanent collection were exhibited from May 15th, 2012 – April 30th, 2013. The exhibition encompasses wide-ranging approaches to portraiture from the mid-nineteenth century to present-day, providing a context within which to consider the unique dynamic between the subject, photographer and viewer.